Rescuers combed the waters off Italy Monday for survivors of what could be the deadliest migrant boat disaster in the Mediterranean, just as rescuers rushed to the aid of at least another two distressed ships carrying migrants to Europe. One boat carrying migrants crashed Monday off a Greek island, killing at least three people and leading to the rescue of another 80, officials there confirmed. Italy's prime minister, meanwhile, said his country was working with Malta to rescue two more migrant boats in distress, and that military intervention in Libya — which many migrants have fled for Europe — was not on the table. The new tragedies came as officials kept grappling with a catastrophe in the Mediterranean over the weekend, when a vessel reportedly carrying close to 1,000 migrants capsized, in an accident that may have left hundreds dead. The disaster is the latest in a long line of tragedies that have claimed the lives of thousands of migrants trying to make it to Europe.
